How was your Christmas? I hope you all had a healthy and happy one! I was super busy last week, trying to make a nice Christmas Eve brunch for my family. There were 12 of us in all, not that many, but you'd think I was catering a party for 200. It took me 2 full days of baking and cooking to get ready. I'm old and slow, is all I can say!
But I did something that amazed myself! I made homemade cinnamon rolls for the first time! And they turned out! Unbelievable! Of course, I forgot to take a picture of them. But I have some in the freezer, so if I remember I will snap a photo of one of them when I pull one out to give my husband for breakfast.
I made Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls, and they really looked so good. I am always afraid of yeast, so I don't often bake yeasted goods. I don't know what possessed me to do that this year, but now I want to make them all the time. It wasn't even hard! And they turned out beautifully! All gooey and warm, I almost wanted to taste one but wasn't willing to get sick over it.
But I'm all rested up now, the hustle and bustle is over, the weather here is turning tonight from spring break weather to North Pole weather. We're supposed to drop 50 degrees overnight. It's 66 degrees right now, very windy, starting to rain, and the winds are picking up. 50 mph winds are expected overnight. So the extra blankets are back on my bed, and I've been out to the grocery store so I don't have to go out tomorrow, and I'll be sewing a lot tomorrow in my happy little sewing room.
But let's get on to next week. My husband seems to be enjoying eating real meals again! He didn't complain when I wasn't cooking much, and I appreciate that, but he likes his regular meals! Plus, I have extras to send over to neighbors and family. That's always nice!
Here's my menu plan for next week. I know that New Year's Eve is thrown in there, but honestly, we don't celebrate it anymore. Christmas is enough celebrating for me, I'm not ready for another round of merriment just a week later. I'm still enjoying the peace after Christmas. So I'm sure that any of you reading this will definitely want a different menu for New Year's Eve, or even New Year's Day. For me, I'm just keeping it simple.
This is what I'm making for next week:
Links are below.
Sunday:
Monday:
Crockpot Denver Omelet - this is actually a carnivore-ish recipe and I can eat it for breakfast, too! Yay!
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Carnivore Sausage Gravy - this is so yummy served over scrambled eggs, that's how I eat it! It's carnivore!
Saturday:
Just a note for all you Bible readers, I have followed the year long Bible reading plan on The Bible Recap for the last 5 years. Yep, I've read it 5 years in a row, cover to cover, and I still could fit what I know on the head of a pin. It's an amazing program hosted by Tara-Leigh Cobble, who does a wonderful job explaining what you just read for that day. I love her and highly recommend The Bible Recap!
This year, though, I decided to change it up a bit and am going with Heart Dive. It's also on You Tube, as is The Bible Recap, and I'm going to follow the 2024 Phase 1 plan. That seems to be the recommended way to go. I will probably check in with The Bible Recap also, since they follow the same reading plan. I can't imagine going through a day without seeing Tara-Leigh on You Tube!
If anyone is interested in following along on Heart Dive, please let me know in the comments. We could be study buddies!
Time to wrap it up and start dinner! Have a wonderful, blessed week, everyone! And Happy New Year!
Hugs,
